בּוּץ, בֻּץ noun [masculine] byssus (late), (Phoenician בוץ, Aramaic בּוּץ, ; √ dubious; Birch, Wilkinson^{Egyptians ii. 158 f.} from Egyptian hbos,, clothe; see Say. Herodot^{ii. 86}; Thes from √ בוץ, but Nö^{ZMG 1875, 650}; Armen., according to Lag^{Semitic i. 72} and others) a fine white Egyptian linen, and cloth made of it, מִשְׁמְּחוֺת בֵּיתעֲֿבֹדַת הַבֻּץ 1 Chronicles 4:21 families of the house of byssus-working; compare 2 Chron 2:13; מְכֻרְבָּל בִּמְעִיל בּוּץ 1 Chronicles 15:27 clothed in a robe of byssus (but read rather as "" 2 Samuel 6:14 מְכַרְכֵּר בְּכָלעֹֿז was dancing with all his might); compare ׳תַּכְרִיךְ בּ Esther 8:15; מְלֻבָּשִׁים בּוּץ2Chronicles 5:12; חַבְלֵי בוּץ Esther 1:6; 2Chronicles 3:14 material of מָּרֹכֶת; article of trade Ezekiel 27:16 (strike out ᵐ5 Co). compare also שֵׁשׁ.

בוק (= בקק).